Word Origin & History

Latin O.E. latin, from L. Latinus "belonging to Latium," the region of Italy around Rome, possibly from PIE base *stela- "to spread, extend," with a sense of "flat country" (as opposed to the mountainous district of the Sabines), or from a prehistoric non-IE language.Centurion: What's this, then? People called Romanes they go the house?

Example Sentences for latins

Nay, this use was not unknown to the Latins, as may be proved from Virgil and Ovid.

She was the model capital, a standard to which the Latins strove to rise.

Their teaching was a cause of surprise and admiration to the Latins.

The aversion of the Greeks to the Latins had grown now for centuries.

The Latins were tolerable to the Greeks only when the Greeks needed their aid.

They could not be looked for among the Latins of the Renaissance.

And first he joined the Latins to the Romans, contriving the matter in this fashion.

The south-west wind of the Latins, and used by some of the early voyagers.

When he has romped through the Greek classics he plays about among the Latins.